Chapter Summary: The Shame of the Nation Chapter 11: Deadly Lies
Chapter Summary
1. What is the significance of the chapter's title?
2. What historical events, terms, ideas, or concepts are mentioned in this chapter that you feel you need to understand more clearly in order to fully appreciate the text?
I think that the most obvious thing we need to have a clear understanding of is Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. No Child Left Behind supports the idea that children should be taught the same material and should therefore be taught in order to take a standardized test.
3. What questions does this chapter lead you to ask about public schools in Rhode Island?
How successful is No Child Left Behind in Rhode Island? How does it further segregate our schools?
4. What questions does this chapter make you ask about current trends, issues, and or reform strategies that are happening currently in American public schools?
5. If we could ask Rhode Island teachers some questions about school conditions, what might we ask them based on this chapter?
6. If we could ask Rhode Island students some questions about school conditions, what might we ask them based on this chapter?
Chapter Summary
1. What is the significance of the chapter's title?
2. What historical events, terms, ideas, or concepts are mentioned in this chapter that you feel you need to understand more clearly in order to fully appreciate the text?
I think that the most obvious thing we need to have a clear understanding of is Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. No Child Left Behind supports the idea that children should be taught the same material and should therefore be taught in order to take a standardized test.3. What questions does this chapter lead you to ask about public schools in Rhode Island?
How successful is No Child Left Behind in Rhode Island? How does it further segregate our schools?4. What questions does this chapter make you ask about current trends, issues, and or reform strategies that are happening currently in American public schools?
5. If we could ask Rhode Island teachers some questions about school conditions, what might we ask them based on this chapter?
6. If we could ask Rhode Island students some questions about school conditions, what might we ask them based on this chapter?